Given Africa’s expected population increase to 1.65 billion, the recent Foresight Africa report highlights what strategies African governments can implement to manage this growth successfully.…
Tanzanian government employees work 16 hours daily to meet SIM card registration deadline
In a race to meet up with its fast approaching SIM card registration deadline, Tanzania’s National Identification Authority ensured that its workers work 16-hour days to meet up with its biometr…
How sub-Saharan Africa lost $2.16 billion to Internet censorship
According to a report by Top10VPN, an estimated $2.16b was lost in 2019 due to sub-Saharan African governments’ use of Internet blackouts to manage civil protests.…
Nigeria’s broadband plan gets a $732 million boost
To diversify its oil dependent economy and form more a cohesive mission, Nigeria enters a public private partnership to invest $732 million into building solid broadband infrastructures that will serv…
Safaricom loses petition not to disclose business contracts
Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecoms recently lost its petition not to disclose potentially senisitive business information to the Competition Authority of Kenya. Said rejection may be for good r…
How Safaricom helped Kenya attract foreign investors
With 79.8% market share on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) to attract foreign investors, Kenya’s biggest telecom provider and its banks ensured that the NSE close 2019 ahead of other African st…
Despite past issues with misappropriation, Kenya okays Airtel-Telkom merger
Issues with misappropriated public funds notwithstanding, the Kenyan government has finally approved the merger between Airtel Kenya and mostly state-owned Telkom Kenya.…
Kenya launches open contract portal, though all contracts expired months ago
Makueni county in Kenya recently launched its online open contract portal to allow stakeholders to bid to execute government contracts, though every contract currently expired since May 2019.…
Comparing the Reno2 and Reno2 F, two of Oppo’s really great smartphones
Though nearly similar in every way, we stack up Oppo’s Reno2 and Reno2 F against each other to see which comes out on top. We can honestly say that it was a fun challenge.…
Communications authority demands fines from MTN Ghana
After inaccurately billing subscribers and not having a functional customer care line, MTN Ghana is being fined by the National Communications Authority for not following its directives.…
Red Cross brings blockchain-cash to rural Kenyans
Red Cross recently launched a mobile-based local currency system powered by blockchain to improve trade and economy in rural areas and slums in Kenya.…
Your online freedom is at risk; the new Digital Rights and Freedoms Bill may just save it
A new version of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill passed its first reading at the National Assembly. Battling the Nigerian government’s need to control freedom of speech online, will this bil…
Nigeria to collaborate with UK on broadband plan, 1 year after previous one expires
A year after Nigeria’s National Broadband Plan expired, the federal government signed an agreement to draft a new plan with the UK government. Hopefully, this plan will ensure a more affordable …
Unboxing the Nokia 6.2. Does it really keep getting better?
The recently released Nokia 6.2 comes as an upgrade to fans and onlookers to the Nokia 6 family. But does it really live up to the hype? We find out in this review.…
Iris scan for Kenyan biometrics may have been motivated by donor pressure
Kenya to initiate a programme to collect biometric identification of HIV patients through eye scans to increase funding from US HIV donor President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).…
Uganda launches phone manufacturing plant amidst issues of surveillance of political rivals
With the launch of Uganda’s mobile phone and computer manufacturing plant, the country’s alleged surveillance violations issue with Chinese phone makers bring up questions about whether sa…
Why fintech surpasses health-tech in the Nigerian market
From a lack of knowledge to antiquated documenting systems, industries in Nigeria have not taken advantage of technologies that could transform their domains. We compare two industries in Nigeria on h…
Kenya’s obsession with licences puts Swvl operations on hold
Swvl, the Egyptian ride hailing company seems to have suspended its operations in Kenya due to regulatory issues around licensing — a growing trend in the East African nation.…
How Nigeria’s future elections could change based on Twitter’s new rules
The visit of Jack Dorsey — Twitter’s CEO — to Nigeria and Twitter’s ban on political advertising make us ask what Nigerian Twitter would have looked like if the ban was in place bef…
3 things to expect from 5G in Africa
As the excitement about the development of 5G grows around the world, we turned to Professor Nekovee for his insight on the impact this network technology will have once it is accessible to African na…